Text of the Government Shutdown Prevention Act of 2011

This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on April 1, 2011 but was never passed by the Senate. The text of the bill below is as of Apr 8, 2011 (Placed on Calendar in the Senate).

To prevent a shutdown of the government of
the United States, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the
Government Shutdown Prevention Act of
2011.

2.

Funding the
government for the remainder of fiscal year 2011

(a)

Deadline for
consideration of legislation funding the government for the remainder of fiscal
year 2011

If the House has
not received a message from the Senate before April 6, 2011, stating that it
has passed a measure providing for the appropriations for the departments and
agencies of the Government for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, the
provisions of H.R. 1, as passed by the House on February 19, 2011, are hereby
enacted into law.

(b)

Publication of
act

In publishing this Act in
slip form and in the United States Statutes at Large pursuant to
section
112 of title 1, United States Code, the Archivist of the United
States shall include after the date of approval, if applicable, an appendix
setting forth the text of the bill referred to in
subsection (a).

3.

Treatment of
certain payments to Members of Congress and the President

(a)

Treatment of
Members during a government shutdown

The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House, respectively, shall not disburse to each
Member or Delegate the amount of his or her salary for each day that—

(1)

there is more than
a 24-hour lapse in appropriations for any Federal agency or department as a
result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing
resolution; or

(2)

the Federal
Government is unable to make payments or meet obligations because the public
debt limit under section 3101 of title 31, United
States Code, has been reached.

(b)

Treatment of the
President during a government shutdown

The President shall not
receive a disbursement of basic pay for any period in which—

(1)

there is more than
a 24-hour lapse in appropriations for any Federal agency or department as a
result of a failure to enact a regular appropriations bill or continuing
resolution; or

(2)

the Federal
Government is unable to make payments or meet obligations because the public
debt limit under section 3101 of title 31, United
States Code, has been reached.